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Spark Investment Management Portfolio holdings

AUM $41.6M
1-Year Est. Return 80.97%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+7.15%
1 Year Est. Return
+80.97%
3 Year Est. Return
+336.74%
5 Year Est. Return
+318.26%
10 Year Est. Return
+1,447.76%
AUM
$643M
AUM Growth
+$65.7M
Cap. Flow
+$50.6M
Cap. Flow %
7.88%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.12%
Holding
830
New
189
Increased
167
Reduced
152
Closed
160

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ILMN icon
Illumina
ILMN
+$4.17M
2
MUSA icon
Murphy USA
MUSA
+$3.83M
3
CSTM icon
Constellium
CSTM
+$3.31M
4
WWAV
The WhiteWave Foods Company
WWAV
+$3.29M
5
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$3.27M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NUS icon
Nu Skin
NUS
+$4.7M
2
LL
LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.
LL
+$3.28M
3
IBKR icon
Interactive Brokers
IBKR
+$2.22M
4
HRC
HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
HRC
+$2.05M
5
SLCA
U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
SLCA
+$1.93M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 18.01%
2 Technology 16.5%
3 Industrials 15.37%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.11%
5 Energy 6.21%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
PRXL
51
DELISTED
Parexel International Corp
PRXL
$2.82M 0.44%
52,200
-23,400
-31% -$1.2M
HSNI
52
DELISTED
HSN, Inc.
HSNI
$2.76M 0.43%
46,200
+30,000
+185% +$1.74M
ROK icon
53
Rockwell Automation
ROK
$49B
$2.75M 0.43%
22,100
– –
INTU icon
54
Intuit
INTU
$89B
$2.7M 0.42%
34,800
+10,100
+41% +$771K
AFFX
55
DELISTED
Affymetrix Inc
AFFX
$2.69M 0.42%
376,600
– –
SWFT
56
DELISTED
Swift Transportation Company
SWFT
$2.67M 0.42%
107,900
-2,000
-2% -$46.3K
MHFI
57
DELISTED
MCGRAW-HILL FINANCIAL INC COM
MHFI
$2.64M 0.41%
34,600
– –
GT icon
58
Goodyear
GT
$1.85B
$2.63M 0.41%
100,500
+30,200
+43% +$769K
ACOR
59
DELISTED
Acorda Therapeutics
ACOR
$2.62M 0.41%
576
-104
-15% -$420K
LUV icon
60
Southwest Airlines
LUV
$23B
$2.58M 0.4%
109,500
-37,200
-25% -$814K
JOY
61
DELISTED
Joy Global Inc
JOY
$2.56M 0.4%
44,200
-14,400
-25% -$800K
SOHU
62
Sohu.com
SOHU
$357M
$2.53M 0.39%
+38,900
New +$2.87M
AMTD
63
DELISTED
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp
AMTD
$2.52M 0.39%
+74,400
New +$2.43M
IGTE
64
DELISTED
IGATE CORPORATION
IGTE
$2.5M 0.39%
79,600
+12,500
+19% +$430K
GHC icon
65
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
$5.02B
$2.46M 0.38%
5,793
-1,324
-19% -$540K
CPLA
66
DELISTED
Capella Education Company
CPLA
$2.44M 0.38%
38,800
– –
WST icon
67
West Pharmaceutical
WST
$24.9B
$2.44M 0.38%
55,400
+10,500
+23% +$494K
PSX icon
68
Phillips 66
PSX
$81.4B
$2.44M 0.38%
31,600
– –
DATA
69
DELISTED
Tableau Software, Inc.
DATA
$2.43M 0.38%
31,900
+25,400
+391% +$2.14M
FSL
70
DELISTED
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR LTD
FSL
$2.42M 0.38%
99,300
– –
NEU icon
71
NewMarket
NEU
$8.18B
$2.38M 0.37%
6,100
+1,600
+36% +$567K
CMCSA icon
72
Comcast
CMCSA
$90B
$2.37M 0.37%
94,600
– –
WSTC
73
DELISTED
West Corporation
WSTC
$2.36M 0.37%
99,000
+49,800
+101% +$1.22M
HSIC icon
74
Henry Schein
HSIC
$9.82B
$2.36M 0.37%
50,490
– –
MSTR icon
75
Strategy Inc
MSTR
$38.4B
$2.36M 0.37%
205,000
+76,000
+59% +$949K
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Spark Investment Management's Q1 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2014, Spark Investment Management held 830 positions worth $643M, up 11% from $577M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.1% of the portfolio.

Spark Investment Management deployed $50.6M of net new capital in Q1 2014, opening 189 new positions and adding to 167 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Murphy USA: 94,700 shares worth $3.84M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, up from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Interactive Brokers, an estimated $2.22M trimmed.

  • Spark Investment Management's largest Q1 2014 buy was Murphy USA: 94,700 shares worth $3.84M.
  • Spark Investment Management added most to Illumina in Q1 2014, an estimated $4.17M increase.
  • Spark Investment Management's biggest Q1 2014 reduction was Interactive Brokers, cutting an estimated $2.22M.
  • Spark Investment Management fully exited Nu Skin in Q1 2014, selling an estimated $4.7M.
  • Spark Investment Management's ten largest holdings make up 9.1% of its $643M portfolio in Q1 2014.
  • Spark Investment Management opened 189 new positions and closed 160 in Q1 2014.
  • Spark Investment Management's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $643M.

Based on Spark Investment Management's 13F filing for Q1 2014, filed 13 May 2014.